Egg phenotype matching by cuckoos in relation to discrimination by hosts and climatic conditions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1735, 2012, Pages 1967-1976

  Avilés, Jesús M ^a,b   Vikan, Johan R ^b,c   Fossøy, Frode ^b,c   Antonov, Anton ^b,c   Moksnes, Arne ^b,c   Røskaft, Eivin ^b,c   Shykoff, Jacqui A ^b,d   Møller, Anders P ^b,d   Stokke, Bård G ^b,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Climatic conditions; Coevolution; Cuculus canorus; Egg mimicry; Environmental effect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; CLIMATE EFFECT; COEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIMICRY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITISM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EUROPE;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 84859397108     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2498     Document Type: Article

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